ANNUAL REPORT 



Secretary of the Worcester County Horticultural Society. 



To the Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society : 



The Vernal Exhibition, holdeu on the 18th day of March, ultimo, be- 

 sides being quite atti'active in display, was also unusually well attended. 

 The extreme severity of the weather prevented contributions that could 

 not be offered without too great risk of exposure, and occasioned the loss 

 of others which had been forwarded in undue expectation of a milder 

 temperature. 



No plants of Azalea Indica were exhibited, and some which were kept 

 away because of the biting cold, would not have fulfilled the purpose held 

 in view when a special prize was offered. 



Neither were there any Hyacinths, although the omission is scarcely 

 excusable, since the cultivation of them is so simple and their period of 

 bloom so easily hastened or retarded. 



But the very fine display of Frimxda Sinensis, by Mr. TV. W. Cook, and 

 of Cyclamen Fersicum, by Hon. John C. Whitin, amply supplied all de- 

 ficiencies. Our indebtedness is especially due to the latter gentleman, 

 whose frequent choice contributions so often prove a chief attraction of 

 our Exhibition; and as well to his skillful gardener, George Cruickshanks, 

 for the zealous concern that has ensured his presence, upon many occa- 

 sions, at no slight personal inconvenience. 

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